Wheel.



i .No. 854,063. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

J. THQMSON& F. W KREM ER. WHEEL.

APPLIUATIOIT FILED MAY 14, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1906.

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WHEEL-v Specificationof Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled May 14,1906. Serial No. 316,694.

Patented May '21, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

a Beit known that we, JOHN THOMSON and FRANKLIN W. KREMER, both citizens of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, of'the city of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Wheels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

This invention relates to cushion tired v wheels in which thecushion effect is derived the tires areof the so-called chiefly from -pneumatic tires, and in which clencher. yariety.

Inthe application of ordinary clencher tires to wheels, it is usually with; great difficulty that the tires, even when deflated, are stretched and pulled over the flanges of the clencher: rims; Furthermore, if such tires can" be stretched sufficiently by hand to per.

- seated when the side thrust of the vehicle is unusuallysevere, particularly .if the tire is punctured and deflates, as freguently' happens in the use of automobiles such tires. have been in use fora considerable time and the rubber has become more or less set, it is equipped with very difficult to remove'such tires by hand for the purpose of repair when necessary.

The object of the present'invention is to overcome the difliculties above referred to as ing drawings in which it is illustrated as em- I deformed to a maximum extent." Fig; 3. is

rin and tire.

a bodied in a convenient and practical form, and

iii which,

Figure 1 is a detail view in section of the circumferential portion of a Wheel, with its tire,'to'which the present improvements are,

applied. Fig. Zisa similar view, but showing tie tire on the left of the median line artially deformed and on the right'of the ins an inner face view of the divided clencher Flg. 4 1s a detall view in side an front elevation of one o fj the locking has the usual fiat face a.

l them when the wheel is in use. mit of their application to the ordinary clencher rims, they are more liable to 'be un- Furthermore, when such tires latches. Fig. 5 is a detail view, in section,

showing the clencher ring with its members W. KREMER, or NEW YORK, N. Y;, AS-

separated aizd the thrust plates, the latter being. broken off to save space. Fig. 6 is a view generally similar to Fig. 1,.but illustrating the application of the securing devices to satire of. ordinaryform. l e

The body of the wheel is sufficiently representedin the drawings by the telly a,' which A clencher ring composed of two circumferential members a and 0, but otherwise Ofordinar'y fonm,is apo'ther member, '0, are secured lugs or bosses Z). to engage recesses or notches t n the band I). The meeting edges of-the two members a Clips d, held" to the sides of the fell? bolts e, engage the slots or recesses b in the opposite edges of the band I), to prevent creeping, and also'by impingement against the edge of the'band on one si e, and the lugs 1) on the other, act, when the bolts are set up, to press the sections ofjthe clencher ring to- Y. gether to clamp the tire. The latches or clips pro- -jecting'lips d to lie upon the face of the felly.

By loosening the bolts 6 sufficiently the clips have elongated holes (1 with inwardly can be pulled outwardlyiand slipped down so as to release the clencher ring, or the clencher ring and the band," as the casemay be, while if the bolts are loosened slightly-during use the lips still retain the clips in position to retain the clencher ring and, the band against circumferential creeping. Furthermore, slots or recesses are formed in the clencher ring member c, as at 0 for engagement. with bosses f formedon orsecured to the inner face of the tire shoe f, so that the creeping of plied to thefelly', one of itsmembers, as c, be ingpreferably riveted to a. band 'b.' To the and c of the clencher ring are preferably bev-' the tire circumferentially upon the clencher.

ring is prevented, and the use of the ordinary clenching clamps is avoided.-

The tire may be of any suitable construe 'tion but is preferably formed as shown, com: prisinga shoe or outer tire which is divided longitudinally on its inner face, as at f, to

permit the introduction of the inner tubeand the clencher ring. The tire is then slipped is provided-with a heavy tread portion l,

The inner portions of the shoe or outer tire may be provided with inextensible wires f,

if desired,'as no stretching of the tire is necessary .to enable it to be applied, as will be explained hereinafter. The inner or pneumatic tube g is formed as usual and conforms to the cavity within the outer tube.

In Fig. 6 the.band l) is shown as consisting of two circumferential sections riveted to'the into place and the section c,of the clencher ring isapplied, together with the section b of the band I) if the construction is as shown in Fig. '6. The clips (1 place, the bolts e are set up curely clamped in place;

and the'tire is se If it is desired to remove the tire the'operations described are reversed.

' Clearly the clips (Z at the left hand edge of the felly might be omitted if desired and the 4 section 0 of the clencher ring and the band I) be secured directly and permanently to the 1t will be understood that various changes in details 'ofconstruction' and arrangement may be made'to suit different conditions of use without departing from the spirit of the invention;

being then slipped into our invention+ 1'. The coinbinatiohwith a wheel and'a clencher tire, of a band applied tothe body of the wheel with notches in'itsyedge and a clencher ring formed of two. circumferential members, one member being secured to the band, and the other member having lugs to enter the notches, clipsto engage the notches We claim as in the band and to impinge upon the lugs,

and means to secure the clips to the bo dy.of

the wheel.

2. The'combination with a wheel and a clencher tire, of a band appliedto the body of the wheel with notches in its edge, a clencher ring formed of two circumferential members, one member secured to the band, .and the other member having lugs to engage the notches, clips having lips to engage the' notches in the band. and to impinge upon the v lugs and having elongated holes, and bolts passed through the holes in the clips on opposite-sides of the-wheel and'through the felly of the wheel.

3 The combination with a wheel and a clencher tire of a-band applied to the body of thewheel and notched on its edge, clips secured to the body-of the -wheel and engaging the notches in the band, a clencher ring forms of two circumferential members and co-operating lugs and recesses on the tire and the ring.

This specification signed and witnessed this 8th day of May, 1)., 1906.

' JOHN THOMSON.

FRANKLIN W. KREMER.

Signed in the. presence of- HIRAM C. CRoss, WALTER C. BURKE. 

